Foods you didn't know have protein

March 18, 2014

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Arctic Zero Ice Cream
3 grams per ½ cup

While a ½ cup from the local ice cream shop has 2.5 grams of protein, it comes with a hefty calorie price tag (150 to be exact, and who eats just a ½ cup?). What takes the protein stats of the whey concentrate–based frozen treat Arctic Zero from standard to surprising is the protein-to-calorie ratio. Each serving has just 36 calories—so an entire pint is as caloric as just one scoop of regular ice cream (goodbye, eater's remorse!), with 12 grams of protein to boot. That pint’s the equivalent of two eggs, two handfuls of nuts or 1½ cup of milk.

Jamie Grill/Getty Images/Tetra images RF

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Arctic Zero Ice Cream
3 grams per ½ cup

While a ½ cup from the local ice cream shop has 2.5 grams of protein, it comes with a hefty calorie price tag (150 to be exact, and who eats just a ½ cup?). What takes the protein stats of the whey concentrate–based frozen treat Arctic Zero from standard to surprising is the protein-to-calorie ratio. Each serving has just 36 calories—so an entire pint is as caloric as just one scoop of regular ice cream (goodbye, eater's remorse!), with 12 grams of protein to boot. That pint’s the equivalent of two eggs, two handfuls of nuts or 1½ cup of milk.